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Add note about new GHC release.

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1. Add public ssh key to `~/.ssh/authorized_keys` on build server
2. Add to fpco/stackage project.
## Dealing with a new GHC release
As mentioned in the [GHC upgrade note], the major impact of a new GHC release
is on the packages that are causing upper bounds to be put in place. In order
to minimise out-of-date breakage and allow maintainers to have a solid chance
of getting their packages into the newest LTS, we try to do the following:
Make an early announcement (in the form of a blog post, typically) of the new
GHC release on the nightly build and the planned deadline for the new LTS release.
Make it clear, that in the time coming up to this, we hope package maintainers
will upgrade their packages to allow for the new GHC release.
We prefer to prune packages causing upper bounds constraints **after** the LTS
release to allow the maximum amount of packages to get into the newest LTS.
After the first LTS release, the package pruning process may begin in order to
move forward with getting the latest versions of packages compatible with the
new GHC release.
[GHC upgrade note]: https://github.com/fpco/stackage/blob/master/MAINTAINERS.md#upgrading-to-a-new-ghc-version